girls:
820 births since 1986
#4896 (14th percentile)
overall:
820 births since 1986
#6919 (11th percentile)
The name Blimy is the #6,919 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 820 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 10.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,896 (14.3% percentile) for all time with 820 births since 1986.
Blimy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (first recorded for girls in 1986). Birth data for Blimy is available in 35 out of the 38 years between 1986 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Blimy reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #887) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 37 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Blimy is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #887 (6.3% percentile) with 37 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Blimy".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Blimy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.9% confident that Blimy is pronounced as BLAI-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BLEE-mee, at 29.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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